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Everyone remembers Dave “The Hammer” Schultz as one of the toughest players in NHL history. But when he broke into the league with the Philadelphia Flyers in 1972-73, his first big moment wasn’t dropping the gloves, it was lighting the lamp.

In just his second NHL game, Schultz scored his first career goal against the Vancouver Canucks and even added an assist later in the game. No penalties. No fights. Just offense.

The fighting came two nights later in Detroit, when Schultz finally dropped the gloves and racked up 21 penalty minutes in one chaotic night, a sign of what was to come as the Flyers built their “Broad Street Bullies” identity.

We take a deeper look at this game here: Dave Schultz 1st NHL Goal

In January 1974, Philadelphia’s Dave “The Hammer” Schultz briefly traded his fists for goals, scoring six times in just eight days. He had back-to-back hat tricks on consecutive Thursdays against the Rangers and North Stars, staying out of the penalty box both nights.

That season, Schultz scored 20 goals and racked up 348 penalty minutes, helping the Flyers to their first Stanley Cup. The next year, he’d set the all-time NHL record for penalty minutes with 472 but for one wild week in ’74, The Hammer was a scorer, not a scrapper.

Steve Carell & Channing Tatum Star in ‘Foxcatcher’ – WATCH NOW!

Take a look at Steve Carell as you’ve never seen him before, playing paranoid schizophrenic Wrestling trainer John Du Pont.

Based on the chilling true story, Carell brilliantly portrays multi millionaire and trainer Du Pont who was convicted of the murder of Olympic freestyle Wrestling champion Dave Schultz, played by Mark Ruffalo, back in 1997. Carell underwent hours in make up to adapt his face…